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Show Wit. mmon3 Mr. Grant Hansen Stories About Our Service Boys It was suggested that a brief story be run about eacn 01 uie service men from Mt. Emmons and Altamont, and their add- resses, with an Urge that the1 townspeople take advantage of at least this one method, letter-writing, letter-writing, to show their appreciation apprecia-tion for these boys. IT'S EASIER EAS-IER TO WRITE THAN FIGHT! To begin the series, here is the address of Glenn Case: Pfc. Glenn A. Case, US 56060850, Kokura General Depot 804th Army Unit, APO 3 P.M., San Francisco. Calif. Glen Case sailed from Fort Lawton, Washington, on Jan. 19, 1951, and landed at Yokohama, Japan, three weeks later. Then he was sent to Camp Drake, Japan, and in three days to Kokura, Japan, which is a supply sup-ply base. Except for three weeks in a school fox clerks, he has been in Kokura ever since. In early spring, Glenn was made secretary of the UDS Servicemen's Ser-vicemen's group, but at the Oct. conference of the Japanese mission, mis-sion, he was put in as second counselor to the Kokura Group presidency. He has had many interesting experiences with the Japanese people, watching them harvest wheat, plant and harvest rice, and observe their treadmill rice threshers. The LDS Servicemen in Ja-' pan and Korea contribute each; month to a missionary fund, 1 which is now supporting 8 full-time full-time Japanese men and women missionaries. On June 16, 1952, he was sent to Tsukumi, a port at the extreme ex-treme south part of Japan, to check the loading of a ship with cement for Korea. He was alone, knew no one, and could not speak Japanese. He was met at the depot by a Japanese hotel keeper and a maid. They took him to the hotel, where the maid releived him of his clothes and "tucked him in for the night." By signs and gestures he got something to eat, although al-though not all to his liking. About every month since he has been sent out on similar errands and has made many warm friends and learned much of the habits and customs of the Japanese. He expects orders that will mean his return to the U.S.A. aboxit March 1st. Mrs. Tom MacDonald (LaVada Powell) reports that her husband hus-band is being shipped overseas from San Diego, on January 14. She will spend some time home with her mother and family, Mrs. Rulon Powell. Mrs. Allen Cook and baby visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bos-well Bos-well on Saturday and Sunday of last week. They reside in Salt Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Young attended a recent shower in Bridgeland given for Mr. and Mrs. Reed Stansfield, who suffered suf-fered a fire, which destroyed their home. Frang J. Nielson has come out . from Salt Lake to stay with his wife until the end of the school term. FAMILY REUNION Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Gomm wnt to Logan recently to meet with other members of their family for the first complete family reunion of them and their seven children, and their I in-laws and grandchildren, since 1944. There were 15 present at I the gathering. Their son, Bryant, who was mistakenly reported as being a corporal, is a sergeant. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle L. Young gave a dinner in honor of Lloyd Brady, who is going into the service soon. The invited guests i were, besides Mr. Brady, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor, Tay-lor, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Young. Miss Carma Jean Hansen entertained en-tertained at a birthday party to celebrate her becoming 16 years old. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by the following guests: Lois Sadler, Sheila Evans, Ev-ans, Curtis Dastrup, Alton Thacker, Max Brotherson, Bob Allred, Kay Wall, and George Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Max Clark have returned to Salt Lake City, where they will try to find work, as they intend to make their home there. Woodard Evans was in Salt Lake from Wednesday to Mori-day Mori-day of last week to receive medical med-ical attention for his leg, which has a malignant growth. Lee Orr and Milton Ricks were the speakers at Sacrament meeting last Sunday evening. Mrs. Rhea Lambert, Mrs. Grant Hansen and Miss Veretta Gomm gave a vocal number. The new sewing class for adults ad-ults commenced on Thursday, under the direction of Mrs. Nielson. Niel-son. It was well attended by a Troup of enthusiastic seamstress, cs. VARIETY CLUB MEETS The Variety Club, of Mt. Emmons, Em-mons, met at the home of Mrs. Johnny Lambert, Monday of last week. The evening was spent in watching home movies. A salad luncheon was served by the hostess hos-tess to the following ladies: Mrs. Ned Mitchell, Mrs. Hershel Iorg, Mrs. Wesley Thacker, Mrs. Oral Thacker, Mrs. Bob Lunt, Mrs David Gailey, Mrs. Farrell Mohl-nan, Mohl-nan, Mrs. Eugene Hartman, Mrs. Lynn Hansen and Mrs. Max Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hartman and family were recent house guests at the homes of several friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ol-sen, Ol-sen, Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Howard How-ard Fryer, Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Olsen. Midvale; and Dr. -md Mrs. B. F. Robinson, Salt Lake City. |